diff --git a/api/version_vars.go b/api/version_vars.go
index 32691c9a2c3f106b03aa3198379f2ebce94e19c0..543710098c8c89acb4888c9471b97ca02a1670e9 100644
--- a/api/version_vars.go
+++ b/api/version_vars.go
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 // Code generated by go generate; DO NOT EDIT.
 // This file was generated by robots at
-// 2021-09-15 17:26:07.1813 -0500 CDT m=+0.028055032
+// 2021-10-04 13:38:28.823704 -0500 CDT m=+0.043527743
 package api
 
-const GITVERSION = `3b2ef57f Merge branch 'release' into 'lesure/offlineNodes'`
+const GITVERSION = `7784b3dc add bindings for enabling grpc logs`
 const SEMVER = "2.9.0"
 const DEPENDENCIES = `module gitlab.com/elixxir/client
 
@@ -24,16 +24,17 @@ require (
 	github.com/spf13/jwalterweatherman v1.1.0
 	github.com/spf13/viper v1.7.1
 	gitlab.com/elixxir/bloomfilter v0.0.0-20200930191214-10e9ac31b228
-	gitlab.com/elixxir/comms v0.0.4-0.20210914232530-b0e625b49552
-	gitlab.com/elixxir/crypto v0.0.7-0.20210914232212-42464d16fff3
+	gitlab.com/elixxir/comms v0.0.4-0.20211004181649-32197e4cc5a3
+	gitlab.com/elixxir/crypto v0.0.7-0.20210920180151-6c9b84bae372
 	gitlab.com/elixxir/ekv v0.1.5
-	gitlab.com/elixxir/primitives v0.0.3-0.20210914232041-6edc82b7e58e
-	gitlab.com/xx_network/comms v0.0.4-0.20210914232007-b82fc7baa23c
-	gitlab.com/xx_network/crypto v0.0.5-0.20210914231859-c309efac46c4
+	gitlab.com/elixxir/primitives v0.0.3-0.20210920180121-b85bca5212f4
+	gitlab.com/xx_network/comms v0.0.4-0.20210921011654-3b73a40ed3d6
+	gitlab.com/xx_network/crypto v0.0.5-0.20210920180047-4dd4aed4a942
 	gitlab.com/xx_network/primitives v0.0.4-0.20210915220237-70cb4551d6f3
 	golang.org/x/crypto v0.0.0-20210322153248-0c34fe9e7dc2
 	golang.org/x/net v0.0.0-20210525063256-abc453219eb5
 	google.golang.org/genproto v0.0.0-20210105202744-fe13368bc0e1 // indirect
+	google.golang.org/grpc v1.38.0
 	google.golang.org/protobuf v1.26.0
 	gopkg.in/ini.v1 v1.62.0 // indirect
 	gopkg.in/yaml.v2 v2.4.0 // indirect
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 8e498bf50070877ca8265492e2c9b64bba5f4353..bde20519de0e3d2cc72cdc0a8bee2f5bf587ea12 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -253,14 +253,6 @@ github.com/zeebo/pcg v1.0.0 h1:dt+dx+HvX8g7Un32rY9XWoYnd0NmKmrIzpHF7qiTDj0=
 github.com/zeebo/pcg v1.0.0/go.mod h1:09F0S9iiKrwn9rlI5yjLkmrug154/YRW6KnnXVDM/l4=
 gitlab.com/elixxir/bloomfilter v0.0.0-20200930191214-10e9ac31b228 h1:Gi6rj4mAlK0BJIk1HIzBVMjWNjIUfstrsXC2VqLYPcA=
 gitlab.com/elixxir/bloomfilter v0.0.0-20200930191214-10e9ac31b228/go.mod h1:H6jztdm0k+wEV2QGK/KYA+MY9nj9Zzatux/qIvDDv3k=
-gitlab.com/elixxir/comms v0.0.4-0.20211001193246-9088a5356960 h1:46zxXPsTLj7zw0NWqSn7PNbmZWUGSg5ODb2MAnFkRu8=
-gitlab.com/elixxir/comms v0.0.4-0.20211001193246-9088a5356960/go.mod h1:h41+FHc9zlQGveEao3aw8VSfzyOPecEhhUIadUsW1C8=
-gitlab.com/elixxir/comms v0.0.4-0.20211004172753-e8ca3ddb5e25 h1:I1I+nH9VtfG/ZTgna9uPR68LXlfq0bJ1ZB9tBk+A67A=
-gitlab.com/elixxir/comms v0.0.4-0.20211004172753-e8ca3ddb5e25/go.mod h1:h41+FHc9zlQGveEao3aw8VSfzyOPecEhhUIadUsW1C8=
-gitlab.com/elixxir/comms v0.0.4-0.20211004173214-e520f3eecf54 h1:dQ1Ec+UDIrRoXmWUcerqtH3WFi+mH+PXPzEY7hfFCEQ=
-gitlab.com/elixxir/comms v0.0.4-0.20211004173214-e520f3eecf54/go.mod h1:h41+FHc9zlQGveEao3aw8VSfzyOPecEhhUIadUsW1C8=
-gitlab.com/elixxir/comms v0.0.4-0.20211004173505-739c5b897ed7 h1:PBfimSXlho0sGWf40OJuoEn9H8AFaQrUyENTxibRgDg=
-gitlab.com/elixxir/comms v0.0.4-0.20211004173505-739c5b897ed7/go.mod h1:h41+FHc9zlQGveEao3aw8VSfzyOPecEhhUIadUsW1C8=
 gitlab.com/elixxir/comms v0.0.4-0.20211004181649-32197e4cc5a3 h1:qwvqYLTXcPI7b6xF4XJ5Bi8YSY3InEVzZWbGm+HCVF4=
 gitlab.com/elixxir/comms v0.0.4-0.20211004181649-32197e4cc5a3/go.mod h1:h41+FHc9zlQGveEao3aw8VSfzyOPecEhhUIadUsW1C8=
 gitlab.com/elixxir/crypto v0.0.0-20200804182833-984246dea2c4/go.mod h1:ucm9SFKJo+K0N2GwRRpaNr+tKXMIOVWzmyUD0SbOu2c=